Bedclothes shield



E. J. McKINNEY.

BEDCLOTHES SHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26, I920.

1 ,409,96 1 Patented Mar. 21, 1922.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

177a J21! WM/4 E. I. McKINNEY.

BEDCLOTHES SHIELD. APPLICATION HYLED JUNE 26. 1920.

Patented Mar. 21, 1922'.

4 SHEETS-SHEET Z- E I. McKlNNEY.

BEDCLOTHES SHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26. 1920.

1 ,409,96 1 Patented Mar, 21, 1922'.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 3- Izzvezciar.

E. J. MCKINNEY- BEDCLOTHES SHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26.1920.

1,409,961, Patented Mar. 21, 1922.

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' bodyhi UNITED s'm'rlezs A ENT OFFICE.

Eva J. mummy, or oLmroN, rumors.

BEDCLOTHES SHIELD.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Eva J. MoKINNEY, a citizen of the United States,residin at Clinton, in the county of De Witt and tate of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedclothes Shields, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved means for protecting bed clothes,such for example as quilts, blankets, comforters and the like and one ofthe rimary objects of the invention is to provi e a samtary shield whichma be readily applied and removed, and laund bed clothing from becomingsoiled or contaminated by coming in contact with the head or face oftheoccupant of the bed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bed clothes shield whichwill prove especially desirable for use in hotels, lodg ing houses,hospitals, sleeper berths and in fact under all conditions where it maybe found desirable to protect and prevent soiling of bed clothing.Similarly the shield of the present invention is particularly desirablefor use in connection with childrens beds, baby cribs, and blankets androbes used in baby carriages or buggies.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an article of bed clothing to whichthe shield emg the present invention is applied and secured in place byone of several approprlate means;

Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating another such means which may beemployed;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the of Fig. l;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating another means by which theshield may be secured in place;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view on of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a similar view illustrating the application of one of theprotecting mediums to a plurality of articles of bed cloththe line 66 inV.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line 8-8 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 8 illustrat; ing in detail the securingmeans shown 1n Fig. 1

ered, and which will protect the Specification of Letters Patent.Patented M 21,1922. Application filed June as, 1920.; Serial No.391,906.

Fig. 12 is a sectional view on the line Fig. 13 isa side of the and 12.A

Fig. 14 isa perspective view illustrating the protector applied toseveral blankets,

Fig. 15 is a similar view illustrating the protector applied to acomforter.

As before stated, the shield embodying the present invention may beapplied to various articles of bed clothing such for example asblankets, quilts, etc.,- and it is applicable either to single articlesof bed clothing or to any number of such articles which may be spreadupon the bed. =While the invention is particularly concerned with theprovision of a protecting medium for the head end of an article of bedclothing it contemplates also the employment of means for protecting theother edges or marginal portions of the article. Also the inventionprotector shown in Figs. 11

contemplates the attachment of the protecting medium or mediums in a,variety of ways and by any means which may be found suitable for thepurpose. Therefore what is specifically illustrated in the drawings andhereinafter described is to be considered merely as a disclosure of.possible embodiments of the principles of the invention.

In the drawings the numeral 1 indicates any article of bed clothing, thenumeral 2 the protecting medium for the head end of the article, and thenumeral 3 the protecting medium for the other marginal portions of thearticle.

The protecting medium 2 is clearly illustrated in plan in Fig. 13 of thedrawings and the same com rises preferabl an'integral shield 4 of 0 0thmaterial 0 substantially rectangular form and of suitable plan viewlooking at the inner dinal edges, the shield 2 is formed with a tuck 6extending entirely throughout the length of the shield and lying at whatis to constitute the inner side of the said shield when in use. Theshield is formed with other tucks 7 and 8 extending parallel to the tuck6 and each located adjacent a res ective longitudinal edge of theshield.

y reference to Fig' 3 of the drawings it will be observed that the tucks7 and 8 are located at the inner edges of and in fact constitute anintegral art of hems 9 and 10 formed at the longitu inal edges of thesaid shield 4, it being in these hems that the stitching 5 is formed aswill be evident by reference to Figs. 11 and 13 of the drawing? As anexample of the manner in which t e protective medium may be ornamentedor embellished, bowknots 11 may be tied in short lengths of ribbonthreaded through the openings formed b the hemstitching 5 as clearlyshown in *igs. 1 and 3 of the drawings.

In applying the protective medium above described to the head end of anarticle of bed clothing, or to several such articles, the shield isdraped across the head end of the sheet, and the central tuck 6 isturned to position with its free edge presented toward the head of thebed. The article of bed clothing is then so draped over the lower halfof the protecting medium that its edge will register with the said freeedge of the said tuck 6, and safety pins, indicated in the drawin s bythe numeral 12, are then 1nserted rst through the tuck, then through thearticle of bed clothing, and a am through the tuck and finally closed.has the tuck will occupy a position beneath the upper marginal portionof the bed clothing as clearly shown in Fi 3 of the drawings. Nextthe'upper half 0 the protecting medium of which the hem 10 forms a part,is

. draped down over the upper side of the article of bed clothing,smoothed straight, and the said hem 10 turned back toward the head ofthe bed, the tuck 8 being so positioned that its free edge will bepresented toward the foot of the bed. Safety pins 13 are then securedthrough the said tuck 8 and into the bed clothing, and then the hem 10is turned down with its free edge presented 3 of the drawings and seesto completely toward the foot of the bed as shown in Fig.

cover. and hide the tuck 8 and the safety pins 13. Next the bed clothingis turned down toward the foot of the bed and the sur lus or projectingends of the rotectin medium are turned over the latera edges 0 a the bedclothing, and that ortion of the protective medium of which t e hem 9forms a part is smoothed down over the bed clothing and over the saidturned-in ends. The hem 9is then turned back toward the foot of the bedand the tuck 7 is positioned so that its free edge will be presentedtoward the head of the bed, and safety pins 14 are secured through thesaid hem and into the bed clothing. The hem 9 is then turned down overthe said tuck 7 and then the bed clothing and the protective mediumapplied thereto is turned back to normal position.

hand the protective medium 3 may be employed alone in which event itwill extend around all four edges of the article of bed clothin asillustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings. his medium 3 is in the nature-ofa strip 15 of cloth material of any suitable length and width andpreferably provided at or near its longitudinal edges with hemstitching16 similar to the hemstitching 5 heretofore referred to. In applyingthis protecting medium to any edge of the article of bed clothing, thestrip is disposed over the edge in longitudinally medially foldedcondition so that one-half of the strip will lie beneath the article ofbed clothing and the other half above the said article as shown forexample in Figs. 4, 6 and 7 of the drawings and also in Figs. 8, 9 and10. One method of securing the protective strip 15 in place is to passshort lengths of ribbon 17 through the article of bed clothing andthrough the openings provided by the stitches 16 in the manner mostclearly shown in Fig. 9 of the drawings and then tie the ends of eachpiece of ribbon in a bowknotas indicated by the numeral 18. In thismanner the protecting medium is securely attached and at the same timeis given an ornamental appearance.

If desired, ribbon, indicated by the numeral 19, may be threaded in themanner of basting stitches, through the protecting medium and thearticle of bed clothing, the ribbon being passed through the openingsprovided bythe said hemstitching 16, this method of attachment beingcli-arly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 10 of the drawings.

As another means for securing in place the protective strip 15, safetypins 20 may be inserted through the edge portions of the said strip andthrough the article of bed clothing as clearly shown in Figs 5 and 8 ofthe drawings.

Figure 14 of the drawings illustrates the head protecting member of theinvention applied to a number of blankets 21 and Figure 15 illustratesthis member applied to acomforter 22.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A protector for the purpose stated comprising a sheet of material ofsubstantially oblong rectangular form, the sheet being provided at eachlongitudinal edge with a folded over portion attached to one face of thesheet and formin a hem, an extension of the said portion belng formed toprovide a tuck connected therewith substantially at the line of union ofthehem with the body EVA J. MCKINNEY. 1,. 8.

